tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post2429570926822535383..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Focus on UK Metal Detecting: "Liers, all Jelous Lies"Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-67601434693382026352015-01-06T09:54:36.759-08:002015-01-06T09:54:36.759-08:00"the needs of the present outweigh the needs ..."the needs of the present outweigh the needs of the past every time"<br /><br />No they don't. Conservation v Development is a contest that goes on all the time, sometimes one wins, sometimes the other does, and quite right too. Sometimes motorways HAVE to come first, in the overall communal interest. At least, having lost some archaeology we end up with a bit of preservation by record - and a motorway. <br /><br />But to imply people in an exploitative hobby, most of whom don't preserve by record, comprise the needs of the present" and "outweigh the needs of the past every time" is plain wrong. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com